Renee Zellweger's Accent Trouble  9/5/05

Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger got so involved in her New Jersey character for Cinderella Man, she had to re-learn her English accent when Bridget Jones:

The Edge of Reason required extra voice-over work.

The Texan won much applause for her unfaltering British tones opposite Colin Firth and Hugh Grant - but admits she struggled to master two accents at the same time.

She says, "My character in Cinderella Man comes from a very special part of New Jersey, so I was busy trying to be Mae Braddock. Then the Bridget people wanted me to record some lines. It was very confusing.

"But there was always my dialect coach standing there with her whip should I fail to bring that Bridget slushy thing back."